Hot Air Ballooning over Luxor / Thebes and Valley of the Kings

These are pictures from the hot-air balloon ride over Luxor (formerly Thebes) and the Valleys of the Kings and Queens that we took on October 30, only 4 days after the 6-month ban was lifted on balloon flights over Luxor due to some accidents last year, after which they tightened up the rules and pilot requirements as well as strictly limiting the number of balloons up at the same time. It was a beautiful ride.
Some are still-shots while others are smaller shots from the video I took, which you can view at Youtube.
The pictures were taken with the Canon SX10 IS.

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